Biographies/AutobiographiesWoodward and Bernstein: Life in the Shadow of Watergate by Alicia C. Shepard
This dual biography of Woodward and Bernstein provides fascinating detail about their writing of
All the President's Men, and also describes the impact of the Watergate investigation on their lives.
A Good Life: Newspapering and Other Adventures by Ben Bradlee
The lively autobiography of the editor-in-chief of the
Washington Post. He was a buddy of Jack Kennedy way before the Watergate complex was even built. So the guy's got stories.
Personal History by Katharine Graham
The frank autobiography of the publisher of the
Washington Post; this book was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Biography in 1998. She was a formidable woman, but she didn't start out that way. A great story.
Herblock: A Cartoonist's Life by Herbert Block
The autobiography of the
Washington Post cartoonist whose Watergate cartoons became legendary. The
Washington Post's Watergate site includes a
display of Herblock's Watergate cartoons.
Read my
Unruly Reader review.
Washington PostThe
Washington Post has a wonderfully detailed
web site about Watergate, which gives an overview of the Watergate scandal and its coverage by reporters,
biographies of key players, a Watergate
timeline, and
links to other documents and sources.
Also included:
video and audio clips, document images, and
Herblock's cartoons.
Woodstein ArchivesThe Woodward and Bernstein Watergate Papers are archived at the Harry Ransom Center of the University of Texas at Austin.
On the
web site, you can see Woodward's handwritten notes after his meetings with Deep Throat, outlines and notes related to the writing of
All the President's Men, notes from Katharine Graham to Woodward and Bernstein... and much, much more!
Woodward and Bernstein Today
